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I think bees can easily live without humans, they would just became another insignificant species like many others, say for example, like Alburnoides Bipunctatu
by dvh 3y ago
I think bees can easily live without humans, they would just became another insignificant species like many others, say for example, like Alburnoides Bipunctatus. Wait, why did I picked that one? What's so special about it that I picked it? Nothing, that's why I picked it.
- spookie 3y agoThat's true, but I do agree in part that we've a pretty good relationship with bees. And, any beekeeper will respect the bees and only take what's needed without making their life harder.
- vbezhenar 3y agoBeekeper extracts almost all honey and replaces it with sugar. Because sugar is cheap and bees survive with sugar. Edited typo
- spookie 3y agoWell then, I'm sorry for my limited knowledge of artisinal beekeepers. That does make sense for bigger ones.
- cryptonector 3y agoNot I! Sugar water is terrible for the bees. If you want strong colonies that over-winter fine and bounce back fast in the Spring to make lots of honey, then you'd best leave them plenty of honey to make it through the winter. I only extract half of what I harvest (freezing that which I don't extract so I can give it back later if the colonies need it), and I leave a fair bit in the hives too. Don't buy commercial honey. Buy local, small- and medium-batch honey.
- pvaldes 3y ago> Beekeper extracts almost all bee and replaces it with sugar If you mean that the larvae combs are removed and replaced by sugar... most probably not. The idea is having as much bees by beehive as you can breed. If you mean that beekeepers remove "almost all" honey leaving bees to starve, this is an oversimplification. Any professional beekeeper know that will need to leave enough honey for winter. Leaving a minimum of 12-15 Kg of honey is standard and should suffice for the bees. If the beehive looks weak may not be harvested at all. Sugar is provided if needed as winter emergency feeding. The beekeeper will feed the bees in autumn also to assure that the fall born bees are as strong as fatty as possible.
- cryptonector 3y ago> If you mean that the larvae combs are removed and replaced by sugar... most probably not. The idea is having as much bees by beehive as you can breed. GP almost certainly meant that beekeepers take all the honey then they feed the bees sugar-water. That actually is true of some (many?) beekeepers.
- pvaldes 3y agoIt depends strongly on location. Winter bees live on autumn fat. If the bees are well feed in fall and the winters are warm, will need much less honey to survive. The beehive will not be required to be warmed against chilling temperatures for example so bees don't need to spend so much energy warming it
- cryptonector 3y agoFor sure. Where we are we have mild winters.
- pvaldes 3y ago(second word in lowercase please: Alburnoides bipunctatus). In any case some species are key species and have more impact on ecosystems than other.